Daniel 8:22

22 Y que fue quebrado y sucedieron cuatro en su lugar, significa que cuatro reinos sucederán de la misma nación, mas no en la fortaleza de él

Daniel 8:22 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 8:22

Now that being broken
That is, the great horn Alexander, the first king of the Grecian monarchy; whose death, either by drunkenness, or by poison, is here expressed by being "broken". The sense is, he being dead, or upon his death, whereas four stood up for it;
four horns rose up in the room and stead of the great one broken; see ( Daniel 8:8 ) these signified that four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation;
which were the kingdoms of Egypt, Asia, Macedonia, and Syria, into which the Grecian monarchy was divided after the death of Alexander; and the first kings of them were all of the Grecian or Macedonian nation, and not Egyptians, Armenians, Syrians: but not in his power;
they did not rise and stand up in the power and strength, in the grandeur and magnificence, of Alexander; they were not equal, but greatly inferior to him, though they were notable horns, or famous kingdoms, as in ( Daniel 8:8 ) . Saadiah interprets it, not of his seed or offspring; these were not his sons that were the heads of these kingdoms; but his captains or generals.

Daniel 8:22 In-Context

20 Aquel carnero que viste, que tenía cuernos, son los reyes de Media y de Persia

21 Y el macho cabrío es el rey de Grecia; y el cuerno grande que tenía entre sus ojos es el rey primero

22 Y que fue quebrado y sucedieron cuatro en su lugar, significa que cuatro reinos sucederán de la misma nación, mas no en la fortaleza de él

23 Y al cabo del imperio de éstos, cuando los prevaricadores están en su colmo, se levantará un rey altivo de rostro, y entendido en enigmas

24 Y su fortaleza se fortalecerá, mas no con fuerza suya, y destruirá maravillosamente, y prosperará; y hará a su voluntad, y destruirá fuertes y al pueblo de los santos